Daily Ramblings – Gaming Saturday – CODM and Call of Duty MW2

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Battle pass, Call of Duty MW2, CODM, Lunar New Year, New Challenges, New characters, New Weapons, Season 2, Year of the Rabbit

I’m so stoked for today. It’ll be a full day of gaming. Right now, I’m working on some challenges in CODM. I’m also grinding camos and working on Legendary status in both Battle Royale and Multiplayer. I’ll keep you posted. I’ve completed the battle pass but need to finish out the Zombies battle pass. I’ve still got a way to go.

I’ve just finished the light machine gun platinum camo challenge and will be moving onto marksmanship rifles next. Now that I know where the places are on all the maps to get longshots, the grind is much easier.

They’ve announced some big changes for Call of Duty MW2 for season 2. Changes to the DMZ and Battle Royale, bringing back hardcore mode, and many others. I’m really excited about all the new weapons that are coming out, along with new characters and maps. It’ll be great fun!

I’ll also be looking at getting into another game on my console, just to keep things fresh. I haven’t decided what that game will be yet. I’ll be looking around my Xbox ultimate game pass to see what’s in there. I’m sure I can find a great game to play that will be awesome!

If you haven’t played the new battle pass for CODM, I highly recommend it. This season is celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year and this year’s animal is the rabbit. It’s been terrific fun to play the new Nuke Town, Battle Royale, and the multiplayer. They’ve also added some new maps to ranked multiplayer and that is a lot of fun as well.

Well, I’m off to start my gaming day. Have a great Saturday, folks!

Happy Gaming!

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Gaming Saturday – Call of Duty MWII

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Attachments, Bad, Battle pass, Call of Duty MW2, CODM, Good, Invasion, Weapons

I completed the game and now working on maxing out my weapons. I have a lot to go, but boy is this fun. It was recommended by many of the streamers I follow to play invasion and ignore grinding camos. Just get all the weapons maxed out for the release of Warzone 2.

So a lot has changed in this version of Call of Duty. One change is that I have not played COD on my console since COVID hit. So getting used to a controller again has been a little bit of an issue. That being said, my game play has improved dramatically over the last few days of playing. Well, let’s dig in.

First, if you follow any of the streamers who comment on COD, you’ll get a mixed review of the game. Some will continue playing, while others who have decided to move away from COD will not. There are folks who do not like the game crashing, some who do not like skill-based match making (SBMM), and still others who are bored with the changes to weapon systems, leveling, prestige systems, and all the rest. I, for one, enjoy the game. I always have. Mind you I am not a competitive gamer, seeking to get a lot of wins and high Kill-Death (K/D) ratios. I enjoy the game, do my best to improve my game play, and do it because it is fun.

What are some of the changes. Well, weapons unlock attachments. Each weapon you max out or attain a certain level with, open up other guns, which in turn will do the same for other guns, and so on. When you unlock attachments, those attachments will work on other weapons. So in some respects, leveling up other weapons becomes easier. This game has a few new games like invasion, which I did not recognize. They are all fun. For now, I’ll stick with the advice I got from Stone Mountain 64. I’ll concentrate on maxing out my guns and getting used to controller play again and learn the invasion maps.

Some of the things you will experience while playing. The game will crash from time-to-time. This is normal during game releases. Call of Duty has not “officially” released, so the early access purchasing this game gives you is designed to do the final test of the game before Warzone 2 and some of the other things they are releasing with the Season 1 Battle Pass come into the game. At that point, the crashes will subside, the game play will be more streamlined, and things will normalize. OH! The AI or Bots in this game are ruthless. I don’t know how they did it, but the AI is absolutely deadly. They will snipe you, they will throw grenades at you, they will chase after you, and they will keep coming. I really like that about the new AI engine in this game.

If you play COD, I hope you enjoy the new MWII. I enjoyed the campaign game. I also enjoy playing on my console again. It is a real treat. I am still playing CODM too. Since the new console gaming will take up more of my time, APEX and PUBG mobile will have to take a step back. Right now, I am focusing on getting diamond camouflage on all of the weapons in the game and working through the challenges.

Have a great Saturday, folks.

Happy gaming!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Gaming Saturday – COD MW2

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Call of Duty MW2, Campaign, Competitive, Enjoyment, Excitement, Fun, Gaming, Ranking, Weapon camos

Well, I finally got to play COD MW 2. I played it on an XBOX console. Wow! What an experience. I have not played the multiplayer games yet but wanted to say that the campaign was terrific. It took me about 7 hours to beat, but what a ride! If you are a Call of Duty fan, this one did not disappoint.

I got the basic version, which runs $69 US. I highly recommend it if you enjoyed previous versions of COD.

On the mobile front, I just achieved the CROWN rank in PUBG, Diamond in APEX, and still legendary in CODM in both multiplayer and battle royale. CODM had a truckload of challenges this week. Wow! If you haven’t used C4 yet, boy is that fun, particularly on the shipment map playing hardpoint. It is so satisfying to get a C4 charge inside a canister and set it off. Multi-kills arise!!

One of the things I wanted to address is the mindset for ranking. Ranking in any game can be frustrating. In CODM it is frustrating to play with random players as you approach the higher ranks. When you lose, points are deducted. Wow, that sucks. This is the same in each of the games you rank in. If you lose you’ll lose ranking points. It’s all part of the process. The key to ranking is sticking with it and grinding. It’s the same way with grinding weapon camouflages. You have to grind to get 150 10-kill games to diamond out a golden assault rifle. But, it will happen if you stick with it.

This is the key to all of these games. You have to stick with it and drive through. Some of you who read this blog may be casual gamers. You’re not in it for diamond weapons or predator rank. You’re in it because it’s fun. I’m totally fine with that. I like to compete. I like to finish challenges. I like to rank up. These are the things that drive my game play.

Well, that’s it for today, folks. I’ll be diving into CODM, APEX Legends Mobile, and PUBG Mobile today. Have a great Saturday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave